Commonwealth v. Meinhart

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

On June 10,1952 appellant, Kenneth Meinhart, with co-defendant Cletus Schlier, was tried in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Carbon County on two counts of an indictment charging larceny of, and malicious mischief to, certain property of the Lehigh Coal & Naviga tion Company. The jury rendered a verdict of acquittal on the count of malicious mischief but convicted appellant on the count of larceny of fixtures under §813 of The Penal Code (Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, 18 PS §4813). Appellant’s motion for .a new trial and arrest of judgment was denied by the court below…